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The Good News You Probably Missed in 2025

Amid crisis headlines, 2025 quietly delivered real progress. From clean energy to medicine and science, here’s the good news that slipped past the algorithm.

It Pays To Be Social

Social skills are driving wage growth and job security in the modern economy. We explore new economic research on why human connection now outperforms technical skill.

Venezuela, Explained

An accessible, fact-checked explainer of the 2026 Venezuela crisis: the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro, what international law says, why oil matters, and what happens next

10 Young Visionaries Rewiring the World

They’re launching companies before finishing university, rewriting climate policy between classes, and turning social movements into global blueprints for change.

The Collapse of Attention: What ‘Brain Rot’ Really Means for Gen Z’s Future

New research reveals how constant scrolling, short-form videos, and AI tools may accelerate cognitive aging in Gen Z. Inside the neuroscience behind “brain rot” and the movement to reclaim attention.

When the Home-Ownership Dream Breaks, Everything Else Shifts

Housing prices are rising far faster than incomes, and a new economic study shows how collapsing home-ownership prospects are reshaping a generation. From reduced work effort to higher spending and riskier investments, young adults face shifting financial behaviours and widening inequality.

The new power buyers of the art world. How Gen-Z Women Are Rewriting the Rules of Cultural Power

For decades, the art world has mythologised a very specific type of collector: usually male, usually older, usually armed with generational wealth and a Rolodex of blue-chip galleries. But the data emerging from the 2025 Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting tells a radically different story — one that

The bots that ate history.

AI’s hunger for data is quietly erasing the internet’s cultural memory, draining archives, rewriting history, and redefining who owns knowledge.

Say What You Want About Nepo Babies, The Art Still Hits.

They were born with access, but they still make art that moves us. From Lily Allen to Zoe Kravitz and Miley Cyrus, Truffle Culture explores the paradox of privilege and pain in pop culture’s most divisive creators.

In Defence of Victoria’s Secret.

Victoria’s Secret was cancelled in the woke era — but is beauty really the enemy? Explore the psychology of desire, the return of glamour, and why sex still sells.

Why OpenAI’s Sora 2 Proves the AI Race Is Moving Faster Than We Can Keep Up

OpenAI’s Sora 2 shows how fast the AI arms race is moving, redefining art, identity, and culture in real time.

The Charts Don’t Lie: Hip-Hop’s Retreat & Culture’s New Conservative Centre

Hip-hop’s dominance is fading reflecting a broader cultural shift toward nostalgia and conservatism.

Swipe Sickness: How TikTok and Reels Hijack Your Brain’s Reward Circuits

Short-form video apps are rewiring our brains for constant dopamine hits. Neuroscientists warn the endless swipe weakens focus, memory, and self-control—training us to crave instant rewards while eroding deep attention. Here’s how TikTok and Reels hijack your mind and what it takes to reclaim it.

Health & Wellness

Wellness Hits Its Glow-Up: Future of Wellness, Key Trends & Insights

The $1.8 trillion wellness industry is trading fad for fact. Forget “all-natural” hype—today’s consumers want proof, personalization, and sleek tech

environment

Climate Change Ages Us: How Heatwaves Are Quietly Accelerating Our Biological Clock

A new study in Nature Climate Change reveals repeated heatwave exposure can accelerate biological ageing as much as smoking or drinking. What does this mean for wellness, equity, and our climate future?

Batteries That Breathe: The Carbon Capture Breakthrough That Could Rewrite the Climate Story

In August 2025, University of Houston researchers unveiled two carbon capture breakthroughs—including a vanadium redox flow battery that stores renewable energy while inhaling CO₂. Could “batteries that breathe” redefine how we fight climate change?

economics

Lipstick and Paychecks: How Makeup Affects Women’s Earnings in the Workplace

Truffle Culture unpacks the beauty premium at work—showing how makeup, grooming, and presentation boost women’s earnings. Research reveals

culture

The Millionaire Boom Hiding a Global Wealth Crisis

Truffle Culture peels back the shine on the global wealth surge—revealing a world of uneven abundance. While personal wealth rose 4.6% in 2024, North America and Eastern Europe dominated gains, Europe and Latin America lagged, and “Everyday Millionaires” quietly reshaped what it means to be rich.

trends

High Society: A Decade of Drug Use in the UK, by Class

Truffle Culture explores how Britain’s decades‑long drug habits reflect class, culture, and generational shifts. Despite overall drug use (~1 in 11 adults) staying stable, club‑linked Class A use peaked, cannabis normalized across groups, and magic mushrooms are staging a quiet renaissance.

digital

Every New iOS 26 Feature You Need to Know

From design changes to hidden upgrades, iOS 26 is Apple’s boldest update yet. Explore every new iPhone feature, explained in detail.